The Brayton Energy project will focus on manufacturing advancements in order to substantially lower the capital cost of heat exchangers, with its primary objective a projected high-volume production cost of $40/kilowatt thermal or less for the high-temperature and high-pressure SCO₂ heat exchangers. High-efficiency SCO₂ power cycles using these plate-matrix heat exchangers operate with reduced specific fuel consumption compared to state-of-the-art systems and require less volume of material to produce. Lower cost, smaller size, broader range of material options, minimal material wastage, and quicker and simpler processing all produce a final design that costs less than a printed-circuit heat exchanger sized for comparable duty.